Oaks, Oklahoma
| Oaks, Oklahoma | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Oaks, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 36°09′56″N 94°51′13″W / 36.1656°N 94.8536°WCoordinates: 36°09′56″N 94°51′13″W / 36.1656°N 94.8536°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| Counties | Delaware, Cherokee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,030 ft (314 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 288 |
| • Density | 360/sq mi (140/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74359 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-53550 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1096160 |
Oaks is a town in Cherokee and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 288 at the 2010 census, a decrease from 412 at the 2000 census.
In 1842, the Moravian Brethren began a new mission which they named New Springplace. It was intended to replace their former mission in Georgia, which they had abandoned after the Cherokees had been forced to emigrate to Indian Territory. The mission operated in its new location until after the outbreak of the American Civil War. In 1862, a group of Union troops and Pin Indians killed James Ward, a Cherokee missionary. They abducted Ward's wife and twin infant sons, though they released them about 20 miles (32 km) from the mission. The mission was abandoned for the remainder of the war.
The Moravians resumed their mission work in the 1870s. After reassessing their activities, the church abandoned its work among the Cherokees, asking Niels Nielsen, a minister of the Evangelical Danish Lutheran Church, to help the New Springplace congregation. Nielsen took over the facilities in 1902 and dropped the Springplace name.
George Miller opened a post office named Oaks on July 18, 1881. A plat for the town was filed on December 10, 1906. All of the land was owned by William Israel, subject to allotment by the Chickasaws.
Rev. Christian Adolphus Vammen, with his family, succeeded Nielsen in 1924 and two years later began a children's home, Oaks Indian Mission. The mission still operates at present.
Oaks is located in southern Delaware County at 36°09′56″N 94°51′13″W / 36.1656°N 94.8536°W. A small portion of the town extends south into Cherokee County. It is 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the town of Kansas and 24 miles (39 km) north of Tahlequah, the Cherokee County seat.
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